(19)
(11) EP 0 775 745 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/41

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.05.1997 Bulletin 1997/22

(21) Application number: 96118661.6

(22) Date of filing: 21.11.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6C12N 15/11, C07H 21/04, A61K 31/70
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 24.11.1995 DE 19543750

(71) Applicant: Crinos Industria Farmacobiologica S.p.A.
I-22079 Villa Guardia Como (IT)

(72) Inventors:
  • Bracht Franzpeter
    40225 Düsseldorf (DE)
  • Schrör Karsten Prof.Dr.med.
    50226 Frechen-Königsdorf (DE)

(74) Representative: Cohausz & Florack 
Patentanwälte Kanzlerstrasse 8a
40472 Düsseldorf
40472 Düsseldorf (DE)

   


(54) Cathepsin G-inhibiting aptamers


(57) Cathepsin G-inhibiting aptamers comprising oligonucleotides selected from the group consisting of the consensus sequences:

GGN1-7GGN8-14GGN1-6GGN1-7GGN1-6GG,

GGN10-13GGN1-5GGN1-5GGN3-6GGN2-7GG and the sequence

GGGTTGAGGGTGGATTACGCCACGTGGAGCTCGGATCCACACATCCAGG,

wherein N represents nucleotides and the figures represent the number of possible nucleotides at that site, said cathepsin G-inhibiting aptamers are suggested as medicament.





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